San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-02
EDITORIAL BREVITIEs.

one who is victim TO strong drink" IL
might be nice question TO decide
whether the man was the victim OF the
drink or whether the drink was the VIC
tim Of the man. All such laws lead to
endless disputations rs to their construo-
tions and only benefit the lawyers and
the courts.
The constitution OF this state express
ly provides for the sessions OF the legis.
lature being opened to the public. The
Legislature may expel one OF its own
members from sitting, but could not
prevent his being present In the house as
long as he conducted himself with order
and propriety.
BEEcHER is about to publish his auto
biography. Ii would be very interest
ing work and Henry would execute 1t in
very level manner Ii is safe to say
there would be no tiltin' about IL.
ONLY this week and one more, and the
S3.OOa limit being reached, II will beat
all ordinary gymnastics to see the man
ner In which the members Of the i'm
mortal Twentieth legislature will hustle
for an Adjournment.
The father Of the Battenburg baby has
fallen out of Queen Vic's good graces.
His royal moIhsr.in-lsw appointed him
her representative {" attend the lddes-
leigh memorial services at Westminster.
and he ungalIantly played truant and
went TO Drurry Lane theater. Wales is
happy.
FORT WORTH and Galveston, particu-
larry Fort Worth. are doing nObly In
sending seed supplies to the drouth suf-
ferers. San Antonio, also, is doing sOme-
thing, bus how much does not fully APP
lnu thinn Ua no NJ th a
Alamo city is not strsining her capacity
to relieve the needy, not yet.
THE Austin Statesman does not be-
lieve In shooting snipe with a ten-inch
columbiad. In this thing the States.
man judgeth wisely. The legislature
catches the recoil OF the gun.
The New York Sun delights in the ut
terance Of prophecies antagonistic to
Clevelands chances for a presidential
nomination in 1883.
WILL that sewer system materlalize
under the present city administration,
and the wants OF the city In regard to
cleanliness be considered? is the ques-
ton of questions at this particular time.
The indications are that the free
trade democracy can not stand
the great proIecIlonist Of their
party much longer and Ran
dali must go What will come of
this attack upon the lion Of their party,
remains to be seen. Randall is buckling
on his armOr and preparing for the tight.
The city chamberlain OF New York
rea very interesting paper before the
Commonwealth club Monday night.
showing the cost of municipal elections
and how the Doodle Is dis ributed. Tbe
average cost is 1921 900, with 500. 900
additional in presidential campaign
years The assessments are high. Al
dermen pay from So to SIS 90 for each
OF the az election districts. Judicial can
didates pay as high as $4,000 Hewitt
paid S2O,UOO each to Tammany and the
county democracy. The leaders OF each
district get on au average about 400
for bringing out the vote of the districts
The regular assessments paid are about
S22l 900 besides public funds for election
expenses. Nearly 20 per cent of the
voters receive money in some form
or another.
or the l04 victims known to have been
In the Stetleene oOllieries at the time of
the explosion on Monday, 43 have
been recovered and l6 are dead.
In The death of Cardinal Jacobini the
vatican loses one of the most incisive
writers and thinkers of this generation.
He was man OF vast executive ability
as well, and his efforts In behalf of the
church and its ACKNOWLEDGMENT have not
been fully known outside of the inner
circles of Rome. His vast powers have
been devoted to the work ofpapal recog-
milton in the most intelligent way, and
his success under the most adverse cir
oumstances has demonstrated his signal
ability for the grave aud onerous duties
assigned him.
If, as reported in late dispatches, Bis
mark requests President Grevy to dis
miss Gen. BOulanger from his command.
won't there be a commotion in the
French chambers and throughout the
army, as we'll as all over the republic.
Bismark Is terribly audacious, but this
is hardly possible. Such an action in
such strained relations AS are now sus-
tanned between Germany and France
would be most unwarrantable and very
likely would be regarded as the most
unjustifable interference. The very
report itself shows, however, the grayi-
ty of the situation.
WHEN the correspondent of a "Christ-
ian Advocate" writes to his journal con-
corning prohibition topics he generally
leans to the so-called Christian side OF
the controversial Christian Advocate
correspondent has this to say concern
Ing prohibition in Kansas. "within
my knowledge it is just as easy to OBJ
tain whisky or alcohol here, as in Ohio
two years ago." There is no such
thing within my observation as Drohi-
bition In Kansas" This testimony
from Christian correspondent ought to
weigh with the prohibitiOnists. but 1t
will not. 1t is their avowed intention
to deluge the land with free whisky and
drunkenness sooner than see the traffic
regulated by proper license laws.
A STATE orphan asyIum il called for n